A Pittsburgh area public-private partnership is taking aim at some of the health disparities dividing rural and urban America by recruiting women living outside the city to get mammograms and other primary medical care services that might otherwise be neglected.

Bayer, UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital and state Sen. Kim Ward arranged to bus women to UPMC’s West Mifflin imaging center from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in Duquesne Tuesday for mammograms, bone density, cholesterol and other health screenings. On Wednesday, a second group of women will be bussed to UPMC’s Monroeville imaging center from Westmoreland Food Bank in Delmont for health screenings.

Next spring, mobile imaging vans will be sent to rural areas to further improve access to health care.

Society of Breast Imaging names Dr Zuley Distinguished Reviewer in the Journal of Breast Imaging '23–'24 Editor’s Recognition Awards.

Dr. Berg has become known in the national media for her knowledge and efforts in dense breast legislation.
Below is a story from CNN, which was picked up by several other media outlets in the US and reprinted on their websites. Below that another story from the Wall Street Journal.

CNN Link
Women will soon be notified about their breast density after a mammogram. Here’s what that means
CNN | Sept. 9, 2024 | by Jacqueline Howard | Online Here


Wall Street Journal Link

Please follow the link from University of Pittsburgh's Health Sciences web page to read full article: https://www.health.pitt.edu/news/new-study-supports-annual-mammograms-breast-cancer-screening-women-over-40